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AMERICAN BEE jOUENAL 



Jan. 30, 19Ci2 



PUBLISHED ■WEEKLY BY 



GEORGE W. YORK S COMPANY 



144 & 146 E rie St., Chicago, 111. 



Entered at the Post-Offlce at Chicago as Second- 

 Class Mail-Matter. 



BOITORtAL STAFF. 



George W. York, - - Editor-in-Chief. 



Dk. C. C. Miller, ) t,„ „,„„„, 



v. V. TTi^xv '(Department 



f Editors. 



E. E. Hasty, 

 Prof. A. J. Cook, 



IMPORTANT NOTICES. 



The Subscription Price of this Journal 

 is ?1.(.>0 a year, in the United States, Can- 

 ada, and Mexico ; all other countries in the 

 Postal Union, 50 cents a year extra for post- 

 age. Sample copy free. 



The Wrapper-Label Date of this paper 

 indicates the end of the month to which 

 your subscription is paid. For instance, 

 "decOl" on your label shows that it is 

 paid to the end of December, 1901. 



Subscription Receipts. — We do not send 

 a receipt for money sent us to pay subscrip- 

 tion, but change the date on your wrapper- 

 label, which shows you that the money has 

 been received and duly credited. 



Advertising Rates will be given upon ap- 

 plication. 



National Bee Keepers' Association 



OBJECTS: 

 To promote and protect the interests of its 

 members. 

 To prevent the adulteration of honey. 

 To prosecute dishonest honey-dealers. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



E. Whitcomb, 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, 

 A. I. Root, 

 E. T. Abbott, 

 P. H. Elwood, 

 E. R. Root, 



Thos. G. Newman, 

 G. M. Doolittle, 

 W. F. Marks, 

 J. M. Hambaugh, 

 C. P. Dadant, 

 Dr. C. C. Miller. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

 Ernest R. Root, President. 

 R. C. AlKiN, Vice-President. 

 Dr. a. B. Mason, Secretary, Toledo, Ohio. 



Eugene Secos, General Manager and Treas- 

 urer, Forest City, Iowa. 



Membership Dues, $1.00 a year. 



11^^" It more convenient, Dues may be sent 

 to the office of the American Bee Journal, 

 when they will be forwarded to Mr. Secor, 

 who will mail individual receipts. 



A Celluloid Queen-Button is a very 

 pretty thing for a bee-keeper or honey-seller 

 to wear on his coat-lapel. It often serves to in- 

 troduce the subject of honey, 

 and frequently leads to a 

 sale. 



Note. — One reader writes: 

 " I have every reason to be- 

 lieve that it would be a very 

 good idea for every bee-keeper 

 to wear one [of the buttonsj 

 as it will cause people to ask 

 questions about the busy bee, and many a con- 

 versation thus started would wind up with the 

 sale of more or less honey; at any rate it would 

 give the bee-keeper a superior opportunity to 

 enlighten many a person in regard to honey 

 and bees." 



The picture shown herewith is a reproduc- 

 tion of a motto queen-button that we are fur- 

 nishing to bee-keepers. It has a pin on the 

 underside to fasten it. 



Price, by mail, 6 cents; two for 10 cents; 

 or 6 for 25 cents. Send all orders to the offica 

 of the American Bee Journal. 



Alfalfa Honey- 7 cents a pound '" '0^™!*=°"°^ 



•^ BBST ! 



i uimM Honey For Sale i 



^ ALL IN 60-P0UND TIN CANS. ^ 



I Alfalfa 

 1^ Honey 



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This is the famous 

 White Extracted 

 Honey g-athered in 

 the great AlfaUa 

 regions of the Cent- 

 ral West. It is a 

 splendid honey, and 

 nearly everybody 

 who cares to eat 

 honey at all can't 

 get enough of the 

 Alfalfa extracted. 



Basswood 

 Honey J^ 



This is the well- 

 known light-colored 

 honey gathered from 

 the rich, nectar- 

 laden basswood blos- 

 soms. It has a 

 stronger flavor than 

 Alfalfa, and is pre- 

 ferred by those who 

 like a distinct flavor 

 in their honey. 



iS Prices of Alfalfa or Basswood Honey: ^ 



•^ A sample of either, by mail, 10 cents, to pay for pacl<age and post- ^ 



i^ age. By freight — tv?o 60-pound cans of Alfalfa, 7^ cents per pound; ^', 



'^ 4 cans or more, 7 cents a pound. Basswood Honey, Yz cent more per S^ 



:^ pound than Alfalfa prices. Cash must accompany each order. You ^ 



\^ can order half of each kind of honey, if you so desire. The cans are ^| 



t^ two in a box, and freight is not prepaid. Absolutely PufC Bces' HonCV. S^ 



.^ &; 



:^ Order the Above Honey and then Sell It. >: 



1^ We would suggest that those bee-keepers who did not produce ^] 



^5 enough honey for their home demand this year, just order some of the ^ 



:^ above, and sell it. And others, who want to earn some money, can get £; 



[^ this honey and work up a demand for it almost anywhere. ^] 



i^ QEORQE W. YORK & CO., 144 & 146 Erie St., Chicago, 111. S'. 



The Novelty Pocket= Knife. 



Your Name and Address on one side— Three Bees on the other side. 



HOWARD M. MELBEEp 



HONEYVILLE, O. 



[This Cut is tiik i'^ULi, Size of the Knife,] 



Your Name on the Knife.— When oideriug, be sure to say just what name and 

 address you wish put on the Knife. 



The Novelty Knife is indeed a novelty The novelty lies in the handle. It is 

 made beautifully of indestructible celluloid, which is as transparent as glass. Un- 

 derneath the celluloid, on one side of the handle is placed the name and residence of 

 the subscriber, and on the other side pictures of a Queen, Drone, and Worker, as 

 shown here. 



The Material entering into this celebrated knife is of the very best quality; 

 the blades are hatid-forged out of the very finest English razor-steel, and we war- 

 rant every blade. The bolsters are made of German silver, and will never rust or 

 corrode. The rivets are hardened German silver wire; the linings are plate brass; 

 the back springs of Sheffield spring-steel, and the finish of the handle as described 

 above. It will last a last-time, with proper usage. 



Why Own the Novelty Knife ? In case a good knife is lost, the chances are the 

 owner will never recover it; but if the '* Novelty " is lost, having name and address 

 of owner, the finder will return it; otherwise to try to destroy the name and ad- 

 dress, would destroy the knife. If traveling, and \ou meet with a serious accident, and are so for- 

 tunate as to have one of the " Noveit^cs," your Pocket-Knife will serve as an identifier; and lo 

 case of death, your relatives will at once be notified of the accident. 



How appropriate this knife is for a present! What more lasting memento could a mother 

 give to a son, a wife to a husband, a sister to a brother, or a lady to a gentleman, the knife having 

 the name of the recipient on one side? 



The accompanying cu' gi res a faint idea, but cannot fully convey an exact representation oi 

 this^beautiful knife, as the ** Novelty" must be seen to be appreciated. 



How to Get this Valuable Knife.— We send it postpaid for $1.25, or give it as a Premium to th« 

 one sending us 'i iikee new subscribers to the Kee Journal (with$.^.'W.) We will club the Novelty 

 Knife and the Beo Journal for one year, both for Sl.OO. 



GEORGE W, YORK L CO, 



Chicago, IlL 



^S*Please allor ""bout two weeks for your knife order to be lilied. 



